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Nell Shadinger, Florence Shadinger, and Grace Shadinger Interview, 14 June 1991

 Item
Identifier: L1995-13_AV0439

Scope and Contents of the Collection

From the Collection:

The Uprising of '34 Collection demonstrates how communities can be impacted in contemporary ways by history and memory, decades after a series of events occur. Veterans of the events of 1934 and their descendants-black, white, mill worker, manager, union, and non-union- were interviewed about mill village life, work conditions, southern contemporaneous culture as well as the strike itself. This finding aid describes the digitized oral history-style interviews available in Georiga State University Library's Digital Collections.

Dates

  • Creation: 14 June 1991

Creator

Restrictions on Access

All of the interviews are available online in GSU's Digital Collections.

Biographical Note

Nell Shadinger was a textile worker in Newnan, Ga. Florence Shadinger was a textile worker in Newnan, Ga. Grace Shadinger was a textile worker in Newnan, Ga.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (29:19 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Abstract

Nell Shadinger, Florence Shadinger, and Grace Shadinger discuss the textile workers' strike of 1934, working in the Newnan Cotton Mill, the mill homes and other topics.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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